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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Petrossian Printemps

Spring is truly bursting out all over Paris. You can see it in the marche with all the stacked boxes of fraise and asperge blanc.

The Tuileries is crowded with Parisians lolling around semi-dressed...

Monday I went with Chef Marthe to a special outdoor brunch given by Petrossian at the very divine l'Institute Suedois in the Marais. If you haven't been do go. There are always art exhibits on and the cafe serves excellent Swedish fare.

But Monday it was strictly caviar, champagne, smoked salmon in endless new variations.

Noix de Saint-Jacques fume, Coupe du Tsar salmon nature with dill...

A new creation - dried caviar/laFleur de Caviar to sprinkle on your risotto or scrambled eggs...

36 comments:

When in Paris I always stay in the Marais. I have seen the Institute Suedois but didn not know what it was. I did see cafe tables...can any one go into the cafe for food and to look around? Since I do not speak French or Sweedish I did not know how to ask in person. I will be back in the Marias in abaout two weeks and would like to go inside. Any advice?AJR

The more information the better! But don't wear yourself out just to keep us informed. By the way we were in Paris last Sunday - brought the beautiful weather with us (you are welcome, Paris!) and enjoyed a picnic in the park with all the rest of Paris - what a wonderful day!

I vote yes! Weekends would be fabulous if you want to do it. Great idea. It would sure add to my weekend's pleasures. Thanks for all you share. The caviar looks fantastic! I would love to try the dried sel. fun stuff! Merci!

I love your blog! I am voting yes for a weekend edition. By the way, can you identify the poster in the last frame of your blog today? It caught my eye and since I’ll be in Paris a month from now, I’m wondering if it’s for a current exhibit? Thanks for providing a little slice of Paris every day.Lynda

Oh, what a fabulous post. Spring and salmon and champagne and Bear. Happy Sigh. (Meanwhile, here where I live, temps soared up to 4C today, and the snow is nearly all melted. Spring can't be far away. ... Can it?!)

Oui bien sur but only if it doesn't wear you out. What if you went to a different musee chaque weekend & reported on that? I have only seen the Louvre, D'Orsay, Jacquemart Andre, Musee du Moyenne Age and Musee des Arts Decoratifs so I am way behind!

The weekends are when the museums are packed MaureenI try to go during the week so far this week: Hotel de Ville, l'Orangerie, musee de l'Armee, Pinacotheque and maybe the Moderne today for the Keith Herring show...That's why I need caviar brunches each week

Oh please do weekends too...this was fabulous as my favorite era was the deco...the art work l is wonderful and the food looks too beautiful to eat...the strawberries sure dont look like anything here in ugly Phoenix. There are no wonderful bakeries like what I left in San Francisco...Lynne

I'm a bit behind reading PB this week but it's always a pleasure to read through however many posts you've made for us. What a breath of spring this post is. Those strawberries do look magnificent. As does your Petrossian taster plate. I'm intrigued by the dried caviar concept.